Use of solar water distiller for treatment of fluoride-contaminated water: The case of Bongo district of Ghana

Desalination

Volumn 278, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 333-336

  Antwi, Edward ^a   Bensah, Edem Cudjoe ^a   Ahiekpor, Julius Cudjoe ^a  

^a Kumasi Polytechnic   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Distillation; Flouride; Solar

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DECENTRALISED SYSTEMS; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; FLOURIDE; FLUORIDE CONTENT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; PURIFIED WATER; SOLAR; SOLAR DISTILLATION; SOLAR DISTILLERS; SOLAR WATER DISTILLERS; WATER DISTILLATION;

DISTILLATION; DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT; GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT;

POTABLE WATER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DISTILLATION; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; SOLAR POWER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BONGO; GHANA; UPPER EAST REGION;

TRAGELAPHUS EURYCERUS;

EID: 80052027541     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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